David Moyes replaced Manuel Pellegrini this week as West Ham United manager with the London club sitting one point above the dreaded drop zone.
With two wins in their previous fourteen games in all competitions a change was more a case of when not if, but the appointment of David Moyes for a second stint with the club surprised most.
Former player Stan Collymore was less than impressed calling the move “lazy and unimaginative” adding “If [the owners] only had Moyes in their sights and weren’t looking at other young coaches with vibrant ideas, then maybe we are looking at the end game for them. Because Moyes should not be anywhere near a Premier League job at this stage of his career.”
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Moyes isn’t buying that though insisting during his press conference “I’ve got the biggest win-rate out of a certain number of managers. That’s what I do. I win.” Except he doesn’t. Or at least hasn’t in the last 5 years.
A win rate of 48.29% at Preston got him the Everton job where a 42.08% earned him a chance at the big time with Manchester United. Nine months later he was gone with a 52.94% win rate not deemed good enough at one of the biggest clubs in the world. Since then he’s gone on to manage Real Sociedad, Sunderland and West Ham where he’s averaging a win rate of 25.4%. Not exactly ground breaking.
It may be enough to keep West Ham in the Premier League, which may be all the board are looking for, but with a net spend of £166.11m over the previous five seasons and over £100 net spend in the past two seasons is Moyes the manager to get you to a level that sort of investment should represent?
Despite a fantastic 4-0 win over struggling Bournemouth in his first game back, I don’t see what has changed since the same club relieved him of his duties in May 2018. I don’t believe West Ham will be relegated, there is far too much talent in the squad for that to happen, but I also don’t believe Moyes is the man to bring European football to the Hammers faithful.
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This appointment screams out desperation and a knee jerk reaction to the terror of possible relegation. One thing is for certain though. Despite their moral boasting win over Bournemouth the only thing West Ham will be fighting for with Moyes in charge is mid table mediocrity.
